মাহিমাল

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • মাইমল (maimol​)

Etymology

From ماهی (māhī) and মাল্লা (malla), ultimately derived from Arabic مَلَّاح (mallāḥ).

Noun

মাহিমাল • (mahimal) (objective মাহিমাল (mahimal) or মাহিমালকে (mahimaloke) or মাহিমালরে (mahimalore), genitive মাহিমালের (mahimaler), locative মাহিমালে (mahimale))

  1. A community of Bengali Muslim inland fisherman predominantly residing in the Surma and Barak valleys
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